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Man wearing mask while using phone | Imager: Shutterstock

Whether a ratings chase or ideological war, News Corp’s coronavirus coverage...

By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, in significant parts of its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, has become a clear and...
COVID-19
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Lockdown in Melbourne

Two weeks into Melbourne’s lockdown, why aren’t COVID-19 case numbers going...

By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University, and Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, the...
COVID-19
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COVID-19 testing | Photo: courtesy of The Conversation

We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s...

By Abby Wild, Monash University; Breanne Kunstler, Monash University; Denise Goodwin, Monash University, and Helen Skouteris, Monash University As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many...
Politics + Society
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NSW-Victoria border | Wikimedia Commons

Here’s how the Victoria-NSW border closure will work – and how...

By Andrew Burridge, Macquarie University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the border between his state and NSW will close after 11:59pm on Tuesday to...
Politics + Society
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In parliament AAP | Mick Tsikas

Explainer: what are the Australian government’s powers to quarantine people in...

Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle and Bin Li, University of Newcastle The Australian government has announced its intention to use powers under the Biosecurity Act,...
COVID-19
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